A startup in West Bengal has come out with a device that produces oxygen from water just by pressing of a switch, the founders of the technology claim.
‘OM Redox’, the device develop by Solaire Initiatives Pvt Ltd, which is incubate in the Webel-BCC&I Tech Incubation Centre here, provides pure oxygen from water, as said.
The machine is nothing but a “deep science innovation that generates oxygen which is 3.5 times purer than that one normally gets from a concentrator”, the startup venture’s cofounders Dr Soumyajit Roy and his wife Dr Pei Liang claim.
The device was select by the Department of Biotechnology for showcasing and launch on its 10th foundation day and at the 1st Bio-Tech Expo 2022.
Dr Soumyajit Roy, the professor of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata Said :
“Pressure swing adsorption method for production of oxygen works with the liquefaction of air, while concentrator operates through concentration of air by a compressor and then passing it through a catalyst. In these two processes, oxygen is generate from the air. Ours is an alternative technology,”.
Dr Soumyajit Roy said their innovation is call pneumatically couple water oxidation by electrocatalytic reaction (Power) in which the life-saving gas is produce from water.
The machine was among the products that were feature in a book release by Union Science and Technology Minister Dr Jitendra Singh commemorating 75 years of Independence.
“This technology is patent, and approved by World Health Organization and European Conformity,” Dr Soumyajit Roy claim, adding that the scientist couple is in discussion with various organisations for licensing the device and manufacturing and marketing of it.
Pei Liang, a bachelor of medicine from a Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China Said :
“The product is a sleek white pinewood box, weighing 8kg, which provides oxygen just on pressing a switch and runs with electricity and also with a battery back-up of 3.5 hours,”.
The device can be made handy and scale up, she said at a programme organise jointly by West Bengal Electronics Industry Development Corporation Limited (Webel) and the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
West Bengal Electronics Industry Development Corporation Limited (Webel) Managing Director Sunrita Hazra said :
“We are actively considering the proposal for manufacturing and marketing of the device that produces oxygen. We are positive about the technology and impress with its simplicity of it. A girl or boy can operate the device. Given the progress that the startup has made, commercialisation of the device is expect in the next three months,”.
The incubation centre, a joint initiative of Webel and Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry, incubated around 54 companies in the last few years, including around 18 entities which are going through the process at present.
Of the companies which complete the incubation process, 10 to 12 reach the commercial state, he said, adding that several companies have approached the centre from tier II and III cities of the state and the participation of women entrepreneurs is also significant.
